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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Using Shared Folders in VMware ACE
Manager
With shared folders, you can easily share files among virtual machines and the host
computer. To use shared folders, you must have the current version of VMware Tools
installed in the guest operating system and you must use the virtual machine settings
editor to specify which directories are to be shared.
You can use shared folders with virtual machines running the following guest
operating systems:
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0
• Linux with a kernel version of 2.4 or higher
Note: The shared folder feature works as expected only if the folder you specify exists
on the end users’ computers. This may mean that you or your end users need to take
special steps to create the target folder on the host computer. As a result, you should
consider this an advanced feature in VMware ACE.
To set up one or more shared folders for a virtual machine, be sure the virtual machine
is open in VMware ACE Manager and click its tab to make it the active virtual machine.
Go to VM > Settings > Options and click Shared folders.
You can add one or more directories to the list. Those directories may be on the host
computer or they may be network directories accessible from the host computer.